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The Maroon Vol. (D(), \o. rD Loyola I nivcrsitv, Xcw Orleans September 20, 1981 Dorm evacuation caused by smoke Smoke seeping from a 12th-floor elevator door in Buddig Hall late Sunday prompted a fire alarm that cleared the women's residence hall in a matter of minutes. Dennis O'Brien, assistant director of Residential Operations, said it was an electrical fire. "The generator caused a short circuit which then caused an electrical fire," he said. There was no danger to students because electrical fires are confined to the wires that smoulder but do not burst into flames, he said. Shortly before 8 p.m. Christina South, a 12th floor Buddig resident, called the Buddig desk and reported the smoke. Kim Moore, the resident assistant on duty at the time, responded to the call with three Loyola Security officers and a physical plant employee. Moore said, "Someone called down at the desk and said there was a fire. We were afraid that someone was in [the elevator],"There was no one in the elevator. The officers went to the 12th floor and verified the call. Central Plant was then called as was O'Brien; the New Orleans Fire Department was called at 8 p.m. They arrived 10 minutes later with four fire trucks and two ladder companies. There were also two district chiefs on the scene. Because the two elevators in the dorm are Westinghouse elevators, a serviceman was called. The repairman on duty, Gary DeGeorge, said the smoke came from an overheated generator on the elevator that had worn out and had to be replaced. DeGeorge said Westinghouse is at Loyola every week to check on the elevators. "Everyone reacted fast. It was like a chain reaction of RAs," Moore said. She was also proud of the residents. "I was really impressed with the way students cleared the building," she said. "Residents were banging on each others' doors and getting their neighbors out." Written by Assistant News Editor Paula Guibault, with staff members Andrea Canale, Leslie Leonpacher, Glenn Collins and Julie Steele contributing.Firefighters respond ► to a Buddig Hall call —Photo by Michael Hennessy School teacher assaulted near Loyola campus By David J. Sherwin Maroon Assistant News hdilor A Holy Name of Jesus School teacher was assaulted last week during an attempted armed robbery on the corner of Cromwell and Palmer Streets near Loyola University. The teacher was leaving a PTA meeting and getting into her car "when someone came up behind her and tried to rob her, apparently with a knife," a spokesman for the second district police department said. Sr. Vianney, R.S.M., Holy Name principal, said the woman suffered "a few superficial wounds and was taken to the hospital. 1 think he wanted her purse," she said. Drilling OK expected for Loyola tract despite continued opposition in Kenner By Mike Tifft Maroon University Reporter Despite continued opposition from Kenner officials and residents, Philip Beron, vice president of Texas Energy Oil and Gas Corp., feels confident that his company will get the go-ahead to drill for oil and gas on the Loyolaowned tract of Kenner land. "It depends on whether they want to listen to us with a closed mind and bad attitude or a more open approach," Beron said. Objections raised to drilling on the site range from "the sublime to the ridiculous," Beron said. These include the possibilities of noise pollution, unpleasant odors, land sinkage, blow outs, fire hazards and a reduction in local land values. Beron rebutted all of these objections. "There will not be trucks rumbling by day and night," he said. "There will not be any odor — odors only occur in the refining of oil, not in drilling. With drilling at 10,000 feet, there is no possibility of land sinkage, and there is no possibility of blow outs." He feels there will be no reduction in property values. "I know of no instance where an oil field caused property value reductions," he said. Beron was excited by the method his 18-month old company would like to use in drilling for oil. "I got*the idea we could give an outstanding example of industry working in harmony with a residential area," he said. Beron said the site will be modeled after sites like one in The Hague, a Dutch city where environmental controls were stressed. "My engineer was in production control when he was with Amoco in the Netherlands," he said. Beron served as managing director of Vitol Explorations, an oil company based in The Hague. "The Dutch have strict environmental controls, we've been there and we can meet requirements here." Beron said two other options exist for his company should Kenner refuse to allow him to drill. One option would be to drill from or under a neighboring canal; the other option would be to drill from the lake. "Canal drilling would annoy people who stand to gain the least," said Beron, "and lake drilling would involve a barge, destroying the residents' view of the lake, plus the noise and blinking lights." Beron said his company has 85 percent of the mineral leases required to drill on the site. The terms of the leases allow land owners a $50 bonus for signing, plus an additional $50 for the remainder of the three-year lease. Individual lot owners were paid a straight $100. Land owners will also receive a 20 percent royalty from the site's production. But Kenner still blocks the way, citing inconsistencies with land-use plans and zoning. The land is currently zoned residential and normally would have to be rezoned to heavy industrial. What Beron proposes "is a temporary use of the site for the life of production, usually 10 to 15 years. Then we would restore the land to its original condition." "I'm trying to do this so it will be beneficial to everyone involved," Beron said. "We are acutely aware of our environmental duties and I'm willing to take the time so it will benefit everyone." Another oil company, Energy Reserves Co. of Houston, Texas, is also interested in the site, "but we have successfully acquired more leases than they have," Beron said. Iradde David J. Sherwin begins a three-part series on Pilot Food Service's Loyola operation Page 2 Library buys machine to assist visually handicapped Page 4 Pictures tell the stories of Loyola's 'Godspcll' and Fall Fcst, this week in Life (& Timejj Pages 7, 8,9 In gay What?, Allen Johnson Jr. takes Loyola to Hollywood Page 10

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The Maroon Vol. (D(), \o. rD Loyola I nivcrsitv, Xcw Orleans September 20, 1981 Dorm evacuation caused by smoke Smoke seeping from a 12th-floor elevator door in Buddig Hall late Sunday prompted a fire alarm that cleared the women's residence hall in a matter of minutes. Dennis O'Brien, assistant director of Residential Operations, said it was an electrical fire. "The generator caused a short circuit which then caused an electrical fire," he said. There was no danger to students because electrical fires are confined to the wires that smoulder but do not burst into flames, he said. Shortly before 8 p.m. Christina South, a 12th floor Buddig resident, called the Buddig desk and reported the smoke. Kim Moore, the resident assistant on duty at the time, responded to the call with three Loyola Security officers and a physical plant employee. Moore said, "Someone called down at the desk and said there was a fire. We were afraid that someone was in [the elevator],"There was no one in the elevator. The officers went to the 12th floor and verified the call. Central Plant was then called as was O'Brien; the New Orleans Fire Department was called at 8 p.m. They arrived 10 minutes later with four fire trucks and two ladder companies. There were also two district chiefs on the scene. Because the two elevators in the dorm are Westinghouse elevators, a serviceman was called. The repairman on duty, Gary DeGeorge, said the smoke came from an overheated generator on the elevator that had worn out and had to be replaced. DeGeorge said Westinghouse is at Loyola every week to check on the elevators. "Everyone reacted fast. It was like a chain reaction of RAs," Moore said. She was also proud of the residents. "I was really impressed with the way students cleared the building," she said. "Residents were banging on each others' doors and getting their neighbors out." Written by Assistant News Editor Paula Guibault, with staff members Andrea Canale, Leslie Leonpacher, Glenn Collins and Julie Steele contributing.Firefighters respond ► to a Buddig Hall call —Photo by Michael Hennessy School teacher assaulted near Loyola campus By David J. Sherwin Maroon Assistant News hdilor A Holy Name of Jesus School teacher was assaulted last week during an attempted armed robbery on the corner of Cromwell and Palmer Streets near Loyola University. The teacher was leaving a PTA meeting and getting into her car "when someone came up behind her and tried to rob her, apparently with a knife," a spokesman for the second district police department said. Sr. Vianney, R.S.M., Holy Name principal, said the woman suffered "a few superficial wounds and was taken to the hospital. 1 think he wanted her purse," she said. Drilling OK expected for Loyola tract despite continued opposition in Kenner By Mike Tifft Maroon University Reporter Despite continued opposition from Kenner officials and residents, Philip Beron, vice president of Texas Energy Oil and Gas Corp., feels confident that his company will get the go-ahead to drill for oil and gas on the Loyolaowned tract of Kenner land. "It depends on whether they want to listen to us with a closed mind and bad attitude or a more open approach," Beron said. Objections raised to drilling on the site range from "the sublime to the ridiculous," Beron said. These include the possibilities of noise pollution, unpleasant odors, land sinkage, blow outs, fire hazards and a reduction in local land values. Beron rebutted all of these objections. "There will not be trucks rumbling by day and night," he said. "There will not be any odor — odors only occur in the refining of oil, not in drilling. With drilling at 10,000 feet, there is no possibility of land sinkage, and there is no possibility of blow outs." He feels there will be no reduction in property values. "I know of no instance where an oil field caused property value reductions," he said. Beron was excited by the method his 18-month old company would like to use in drilling for oil. "I got*the idea we could give an outstanding example of industry working in harmony with a residential area," he said. Beron said the site will be modeled after sites like one in The Hague, a Dutch city where environmental controls were stressed. "My engineer was in production control when he was with Amoco in the Netherlands," he said. Beron served as managing director of Vitol Explorations, an oil company based in The Hague. "The Dutch have strict environmental controls, we've been there and we can meet requirements here." Beron said two other options exist for his company should Kenner refuse to allow him to drill. One option would be to drill from or under a neighboring canal; the other option would be to drill from the lake. "Canal drilling would annoy people who stand to gain the least," said Beron, "and lake drilling would involve a barge, destroying the residents' view of the lake, plus the noise and blinking lights." Beron said his company has 85 percent of the mineral leases required to drill on the site. The terms of the leases allow land owners a $50 bonus for signing, plus an additional $50 for the remainder of the three-year lease. Individual lot owners were paid a straight $100. Land owners will also receive a 20 percent royalty from the site's production. But Kenner still blocks the way, citing inconsistencies with land-use plans and zoning. The land is currently zoned residential and normally would have to be rezoned to heavy industrial. What Beron proposes "is a temporary use of the site for the life of production, usually 10 to 15 years. Then we would restore the land to its original condition." "I'm trying to do this so it will be beneficial to everyone involved," Beron said. "We are acutely aware of our environmental duties and I'm willing to take the time so it will benefit everyone." Another oil company, Energy Reserves Co. of Houston, Texas, is also interested in the site, "but we have successfully acquired more leases than they have," Beron said. Iradde David J. Sherwin begins a three-part series on Pilot Food Service's Loyola operation Page 2 Library buys machine to assist visually handicapped Page 4 Pictures tell the stories of Loyola's 'Godspcll' and Fall Fcst, this week in Life (& Timejj Pages 7, 8,9 In gay What?, Allen Johnson Jr. takes Loyola to Hollywood Page 10